Planning and Preparedness for Children's Needs in Public Health Emergencies
AHRQ Public Health Emergency Preparedness Web Conference 

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 1 pm ET 

Children are not just small adults; their different medical needs make it essential for health care facilities to prepare for child victims of public health emergencies. Also, children spend most of their waking hours away from their parents in school. Schools, therefore, must assure that children have appropriate care and proper interventions in a public health emergency. Hospital and school disaster response plans should account for children as a priority population.

To showcase resources that can support emergency preparedness planning for children, AHRQ will host a Web conference, Planning and Preparedness for Children’s Needs in Public Health Emergencies. This event will feature a panel discussion of preparedness initiatives and insights from pediatric emergency preparedness planners. During the Web conference, participants will learn about some of AHRQ’s resources for emergency preparedness involving children, including:

In addition, Web conference attendees will hear from the National Commission on Children and Disasters, which is developing pediatric emergency initiatives, the Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, which has developed numerous resources for schools on emergency management, and grantees of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR’s) Hospital Preparedness Program. Co-moderator Daniel Dodgen, PhD, Director of the Office for At Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health, and Human Services Coordination, ASPR, will also share information about his program’s initiatives. Presenters will offer perspectives on both clinical preparedness and school-based preparedness.

Emergency preparedness planners, as well as Federal, State, and local community health planners, providers, first responders, and school district personnel are all invited to attend.

Planning and Prepareness for Children's Needs
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Speakers:

  • Edward Boyer, MD, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, The Center for Biopreparedness, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
  • Jeffrey Upperman, MD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center
  • Sarita Chung, MD, The Center for Biopreparedness, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
  • Bill Modzeleski, MPA, Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Department of Education
  • Christopher Revere, MPA, National Commission on Children and Disasters

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For more information, please e-mail: emergencypreparedness@academyhealth.org

This is the last event in a series of three Web conferences. The first event, Lessons from the Field of Emergency Preparedness, took place on November 6, 2008, and the second event, Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Practicing for a Disaster, took place on February 9, 2009.